Fisher on Indiana Roads

This is a pair of brief articles that appeared in the September 30, 1906 issue of the Indianapolis Star. The subject is road conditions in Indiana. Carl Fisher, who was in Long Island, New York for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup at the time was interviewed for one of the articles.
Herb Lytle - 1906

This is a clip from the September 18, 1906 edition of the Indianapolis Star and contains a couple of grainy images of driver Herb Lytle in this Pope-Toledo racer.
1906 American Elimination Trial

This article from the September 23, 1906 edition of the Indianapolis Star provides and overview of the 1906 American Elimination Trial for the Vanderbilt Cup Race of the same year. The Vanderbilt Cup rules were modeled after the James Gordon Bennett Cup, the first major road race in the world.
Elimination Trial Race Morning

This article appeared in the September 22, 1906 edition of the Indianapolis Star, which was also the date of the 1906 American Elimination Trial for the Vanderbilt Cup International Race.
Robertson Wrecks Jack Rabbitt

Contained in the attachments below are two articles from the Indianapolis Star and one from the Indianapolis News concerning practice for the American Elimination Trial for the Vanderbilt Cup Race.
Willie K's Narrow Escape

Published in the September 9, 1906 edition of the Indianapolis Star the attached article reports on the early practice for the 1906 American Elimination Trial for the Vanderbilt Cup Race of the same year. The focus is the appearance of William K.
Newport Sissies - 1906

This article is an interesting insight to the clash of cultures that had real ramifications for motorsport during its formative years of the 20th Century. This manifested itself in opposing views of which form of motorsport (oval vs. road racing) should be practiced. The Northeasterns supported road racing and most of the Middle West and further on utilized dirt horse tracks.
 
Elite Men on Vacation

This article was published in the August 19 edition of the Indianapolis Star and focuses on men of social standing - including then Unites States President Theodore Roosevelt - on how they prefered to spend their vacations. This, the article posits, tells something about the individual although after reading it exactly what it tells is unclear.
Oldsmobile Ad

This Oldsmobile advertisement purchased by the Indiana Automobile Company, an Indianapolis car dealership and garage, appeared in the October 14, 1906 edition of the Indianapolis Star.
"Mrs. Reggie's" Hat

This is a pair of odd items focusing on an odd incident - the October 1906 evening Mrs. Reginald (Reggie) Vanderbilt refused to remove her hat while at the Colonial Theatre in Boston.